AC/DC are back, signalling their sensational return to live music with an announcement of the European leg of their summer 2025 ‘POWER UP’ tour. This will see the legendary Australian rock band take to stage at Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh on August 21, their first Scottish show in a decade since their 2015 performance at Hampden Park, Glasgow.
The Edinburgh show is currently the only UK performance the band are set to play on tour, with other dates across Europe beginning in June.
The ‘POWER UP’ album, after which the tour is named, marks AC/DC’s first musical effort since the passing of founding member and rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young in 2017. Released back in 2020, the band’s plans to tour the album were derailed by the pandemic but have since established a steady stream of tour dates, the ‘POWER UP’ tour officially commencing in early 2024. Representatives of the band stressed the importance of the latest European 2025 show dates, stating: “The band will play 12 dates across 10 countries – including Edinburgh, Scotland, the home nation of the Young clan.”
Formed in 1973, AC/DC have long-established themselves as one of the most successful hard rock bands of all time, selling over 200 million albums worldwide and conducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Although the line up suffered many permutations in their formative years, the ‘Back in Black’ icons centred around the Young brothers, drummer Phil Rudd, bassist Mark Evans, and the late singer Bon Scott – replaced in 1980 by Brian Johnson after his sudden death from alcohol poisoning.
The choice in UK venue honours the band’s “big connection” with Scotland – acclaimed members Malcolm and Angus Young were born in Glasgow in 1953 and 1955 respectively, as well as Bon Scott in Forfar, county town of Angus in 1946. In previous conversation with BBC Scotland, lead singer Brian Johnson commented on the significance of the country for the band, stating: “There was definitely a big connection, Scotland and Australia together.” Johnson also reflected on positive memories, as well as sharing that the country is the only place they ever play their rendition of Loch Lomond: “We went to Loch Ness together in 1982 or something, and we got awful drunk at night at the hotel…What a state we were in. But we were just laughing, great times.”
The 2025 European installment of the ‘POWER UP’ tour commences June 26 in the Czech Republic and concludes at the much anticipated Edinburgh show August 21.
See below for the full list of European tour dates:
June 26 – Letňany, Czech Republic @ Prague Airport
June 30 – Berlin, Germany @ Berlin Olympiastadion
July 4 – Narodowy, Poland @ Warsaw PGE
July 8 – Düsseldorf, Germany @ Düsseldorf Open Air Park
July 12 – Madrid, Spain @ Madrid Metropolitano Stadium
July 20 – Ferrari, Italy @ Imola Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino
July 24 – Tallinn, Estonia @ Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
July 28 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Ullevi
August 5 – Oslo, Norway @ Oslo Bjerke Racecourse
August 9 – Paris, France @ Paris Stade De France
August 17 – Karlsruhe, Germany @ Messe Karlsruhe
August 21 – Edinburgh, Scotland @ Murrayfield Stadium
Tickets will be available from 10:00 on February 7 on the AC/DC official website.
